by Nourish
Formerly Variable, The Nourish Podcast sparks soulful conversations with filmmakers exploring the intertwining paths of creativity, wellness, and purpose. We also invite you, the listener, to join The Nourish Community; a community of filmmakers in pursuit of wellness, meaningful relationships, and purpose. https://www.thenourish.community https://www.instagram.com/thenourish.community
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June 23, 2026
<p><strong>Applications are now open for The Filmmaker Reset Circle, a new weekly group coaching space for filmmakers navigating burnout, disconnection, uncertainty, and misalignment in their work and life. Learn more and apply at: </strong><a href="members.thenourish.community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>members.thenourish.community</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Community + Coaching Support @ </strong><a href="www.TheNourish.community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>www.TheNourish.community</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p>In this episode, Nourish founder Jon Bregel sits down with director and Nourish coach Danielle Goetz for a conversation about finding your voice, developing your point of view, creative reinvention, and building a career that reflects who you actually are.</p><p>After years navigating the creative industry as a director, filmmaker, and business owner, Danielle shares what she has learned about trusting your intuition, embracing your uniqueness, and creating opportunities that are more aligned with your taste, values, and creative identity.</p><p>What You’ll Discover in This Episode:</p><p>• How to get hired for more of the work that reflects your taste, interests, and perspective.</p><p>• Why finding your voice is less about creating a new identity and more about uncovering who you already are.</p><p>• How narrowing your focus can create more clarity and opportunity in your career.</p><p>• Why sharing your point of view can feel vulnerable, but may be the very thing that helps the right people find you.</p><p>• How filmmakers can navigate creative pivots and seasons of reinvention.</p><p>• Why your uniqueness is often the thing people are actually looking for.</p><p>• How confidence is built through trusting your intuition and creative instincts.</p><p>• Why building a sustainable creative career requires developing yourself, not just your portfolio.</p><p>This episode is an exploration of what it really means to find your voice as a filmmaker. Not just your visual style, but the way you see the world, the stories you’re drawn toward, the way you collaborate, and how you show up in your work and life.</p><p>It’s a conversation about creativity, vulnerability, confidence, and learning to trust that the things that make you different might also be the things that make your work most valuable.</p><p>Danielle is now available for one-on-one coaching through Nourish, where she helps creatives-for-hire uncover their point of view and build careers rooted in their authentic voice. Learn more or book a discovery call at <a href="www.thenourish.community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.thenourish.community</a></p><p>Join the Nourish Community for weekly conversations, live events, coaching opportunities, and support for filmmakers pursuing wellness, meaningful relationships, and purpose. Visit www.thenourish.community or follow us on Instagram at <a href="www.thenourish.community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@thenourish.community</a></p><p><br></p>
June 16, 2026
<p><strong>Applications are now open for The Filmmaker Reset Circle</strong>, a new weekly group coaching space for filmmakers navigating burnout, disconnection, uncertainty, and misalignment in their work and life. Learn more and apply at: <a href="members.thenourish.community">members.thenourish.community</a></p><p><strong>Community + Coaching Support @</strong> <a href="http://www.thenourish.community/">www.TheNourish.community</a></p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Nourish founder, Jon Bregel, sits down with filmmaker Jay Duplass for a candid conversation about career reinvention, creative identity, success, and the challenge of evolving without abandoning everything you’ve built.<br></p><p>Drawing from his own journey through independent film, television, parenthood, and decades of creative work, Jay reflects on the moments that forced him to reevaluate his relationship to ambition, achievement, and what it means to build a sustainable creative life.<br></p><p><strong>What You’ll Discover in This Episode:</strong></p><p>• Why career reinvention often begins long before any external change is visible.</p><p>• How filmmakers can evolve without feeling like they’re starting from scratch.</p><p>• The hidden pressures that can accompany creative success.</p><p>• Why fulfillment and achievement are not always the same thing.</p><p>• How personal growth can reshape your relationship to work, ambition, and identity.</p><p>• The importance of staying connected to creativity during uncertain seasons.</p><p>• Why making small things can sometimes lead to the biggest breakthroughs.</p><p>• How to navigate change while honoring the life and responsibilities you’ve built.<br></p><p>This episode is an exploration of what happens when the path you’ve worked so hard to create no longer feels fully aligned. It’s a conversation about adaptation, resilience, and discovering that reinvention doesn’t always require becoming someone new- it may simply require becoming more fully yourself.</p><p><br></p><p>Join the Nourish Community for weekly conversations, live events, coaching opportunities, and support for filmmakers pursuing wellness, meaningful relationships, and purpose. Visit <a href="http://www.thenourish.community">www.thenourish.community</a> or follow us on Instagram at @thenourish.community</p>
June 8, 2026
<p><strong>Applications are now open for The Filmmaker Reset Circle</strong>, a new weekly group coaching space for filmmakers navigating burnout, disconnection, uncertainty, and misalignment in their work and life. Learn more and apply at: <a href="members.thenourish.community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">members.thenourish.community</a></p><p><strong>Community + Coaching Support @</strong> <a href="www.TheNourish.community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.TheNourish.community</a></p><p>In our first free audio course, Nourish founder, filmmaker, and coach for filmmakers Jon Bregel is joined by filmmaker, creative director, and longtime Nourish collaborator Ien Chi to explore a healthier approach to networking.</p><p>Together, they challenge many of the assumptions filmmakers carry about networking and offer a more meaningful framework rooted in values, generosity, authenticity, and genuine human connection.</p><p>Drawing from their experiences building creative careers, growing communities, running production companies, and cultivating long-term professional relationships, Jon and Ien share practical tools and personal insights for filmmakers who want to build their network without feeling transactional, desperate, or inauthentic.</p><p>What You'll Discover in This Episode:</p><p>• Why networking is ultimately a form of relationship building, not self-promotion.</p><p>• How doing the inner work can dramatically impact your professional relationships.</p><p>• Why clarity around your values attracts the right collaborators and opportunities.</p><p>• How to reach out to filmmakers you admire in a way that feels sincere and authentic.</p><p>• The difference between approaching relationships from a mindset of giving versus getting.</p><p>• How gratitude, curiosity, empathy, and active listening can deepen your connections.</p><p>• Why building community is one of the most effective ways to grow your network.</p><p>• Practical ideas for becoming a connector and creating value within your creative ecosystem.</p><p>• How to identify your tribe and cultivate relationships that can last a lifetime.</p><p>This episode is our first-ever free Nourish audio course and serves as an invitation to rethink networking entirely; not as a means to advance your career, but as a practice of cultivating meaningful relationships, supporting others, and building a creative life alongside people who share your values.</p><p>Whether you're just starting your career or decades into it, this conversation offers a more sustainable and fulfilling approach to building relationships in the film industry.</p><p>Join the Nourish Community for weekly conversations, live events, coaching opportunities, and support for filmmakers pursuing wellness, meaningful relationships, and purpose. Visit <a href="www.thenourish.community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.thenourish.community</a> or follow us on Instagram at <a href="instagram.com/thenourish.community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@thenourish.community</a></p><p><br></p>
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Formerly Variable, The Nourish Podcast sparks soulful conversations with filmmakers exploring the intertwining paths of creativity, wellness, and purpose.
We also invite you, the listener, to join The Nourish Community; a community of filmmakers in pursuit of wellness, meaningful relationships, and purpose.
https://www.thenourish.community https://www.instagram.com/thenourish.community
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